Chess
ChessEuropean Club Cup: 2715 Elo and the 65-Point Gap Per BoardI reopened the round-two standings of the European Club Cup in Budva close to...
ChessIM Andrew Martin's 60-Minute Scandinavian Course: How Much Data Stands Behind the Promise of Playing With Confidence the Same Day?The page's headline is about an interview with GM Arturs Neiksans, the Latvia...
ChessThe 60-Minute Scandinavian Course: A Solid Line and the Limits of the Speed PromiseOn a Tuesday night at a chess club in Chiang Mai, I started the clock for a...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: Four Names, 27 Miniatures and a Headline That Went MissingOn Tuesday evening, at my desk in Saint Petersburg, I opened the PDF at the...
ChessThe Move That Never Lands: When the Headline Sells a Benko, and the Body Sells a MachineOn my analysis desk, a single A4 page has sat untouched for three days. It...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move and the Promise of a Defense That Needs No MemorizationOn the board, some moves make no noise. They are not brilliancies, not...
ChessWoodward Takes Down Caruana at the US Championships: The Real Game and a Story Off Its AxisOn the news board of the United States chess championship, the headline...
ChessThe 63-Check Ceiling: Double Agent and a 58-Year-Old Chess ProblemOn a board with no spectators, a position sits still. No clock, no rating, no...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: From Obscurity to Kasparov's Weapon and Modern Defensive LessonsIn the world of top-level chess, there are openings that seem forgotten for...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: An Opening Once Deemed Harmless and Kasparov's 2026 RevivalIn the summer of 2026, at the board in New York and Lyon, Garry Kasparov play...
ChessVietnamese Chess and the Opening Gamble: When Bold Moves Create BreakthroughsIn the international chess world, unusual openings are always a topic of...
ChessThe Move 5.e5, Sveshnikov, and the Strange Comfort of Superstition on the ChessboardThe home chessboard has no grandstand, but every time a pawn advances one...
ChessAnti-Meran or Closed Sicilian: The Jacobson–Vakhidov Game and the Label That Doesn't MatchI spent nearly forty minutes on a small detail. In the description of the gam...


